...joined the news staff of The Columbia County News-Times: - Billy Byler joins the staff as sports writer, replacing Jonathan Heeter, who moved to a new position in Macon, Ga. Byler, a 2001 graduate of Augusta Christian Schools, formerly served...

...the new Editorial Cartoon category for all nondaily papers for the second year in a row, and former sports writer Jonathan Heeter for sports writing. The News-Times received second-place staff awards for lifestyle coverage, editorial writing...

...prep-reporting skills. The guy before him, Billy Byler, now writes for The Augusta Chronicle; Byler's predecessor, Jonathan Heeter, writes for the Macon Telegraph. Stephen will be a little nearer the coast, covering high school sports for Hilton...

MACON - It's all a soccer coach wants: the best goal scorer one-on-one with the goalkeeper.